Systems and methods for determining and providing parking facility entrance characteristics

Abstract

Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to improving locating favorable entrances. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring sensor data about a parking facility entrance from at least one vehicle sensor, processing the sensor data into characteristics about the parking facility entrance, storing the characteristics about the parking facility entrance in a map that includes a location of the parking facility entrance, and providing a recommendation for a parking facility based, at least in part, on the map.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system for, comprising:
 one or more processors; and 
 a memory communicably coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
 acquire sensor data about a parking facility entrance from at least one vehicle sensor; 
 process the sensor data into characteristics about the parking facility entrance; 
 store the characteristics about the parking facility entrance in a map that includes a location of the parking facility entrance; and 
 provide a recommendation for a parking facility based, at least in part, on the map and further based, at least in part, on one or more of characteristics about a requesting vehicle and user preferences regarding characteristics of parking facilities. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions to store the characteristics include instructions to aggregate the characteristics about the parking facility entrance from a plurality of reporting vehicles. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions to acquire the sensor data include instructions to acquire the sensor data in response to at least one of: identifying the parking facility entrance and entering the parking facility entrance. 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions to process the sensor data into the characteristics include instructions to extract the characteristics about the parking facility entrance from the sensor data,
 wherein the characteristics about the parking facility entrance include at least one of: a width of the parking facility entrance, a slope of a ramp at the parking facility entrance, a presence of a bump at the parking facility entrance, and a presence of an obstacle at the parking facility entrance. 
 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions to provide the recommendation include instructions to provide the recommendation in response to receiving a parking request. 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions to provide the recommendation include instructions to provide a parking prioritization for a plurality of parking facilities based, at least in part, on unfavorable characteristics about entrances of the plurality of parking facilities. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions to process the sensor data include instructions to process the sensor data using a machine learning algorithm. 
     
     
       8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
 acquire sensor data about a parking facility entrance from at least one vehicle sensor; 
 process the sensor data into characteristics about the parking facility entrance; 
 store the characteristics about the parking facility entrance in a map that includes a location of the parking facility entrance; and 
 provide a recommendation for a parking facility based, at least in part, on the map and further based, at least in part, on one or more of characteristics about a requesting vehicle and user preferences regarding characteristics of parking facilities. 
 
     
     
       9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions to store the characteristics about the parking facility entrance in the map include instructions to aggregate the characteristics about the parking facility entrance from a plurality of reporting vehicles. 
     
     
       10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions to acquire the sensor data about the parking facility entrance include instructions to acquire the sensor data in response to at least one of: identifying the parking facility entrance and entering the parking facility entrance. 
     
     
       11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions to process the sensor data into the characteristics include instructions to extract the characteristics about the parking facility entrance from the sensor data,
 wherein the characteristics about the parking facility entrance include at least one of: a width of the parking facility entrance, a slope of a ramp at the parking facility entrance, a presence of a bump at the parking facility entrance, and a presence of an obstacle at the parking facility entrance. 
 
     
     
       12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions to provide the recommendation includes instructions to provide a parking prioritization for a plurality of parking facilities based, at least in part, on unfavorable characteristics about entrances of the plurality of parking facilities. 
     
     
       13. A method, comprising:
 acquiring sensor data about a parking facility entrance from at least one vehicle sensor; 
 processing the sensor data into characteristics about the parking facility entrance; 
 storing the characteristics about the parking facility entrance in a map that includes a location of the parking facility entrance; and 
 providing a recommendation for a parking facility based, at least in part, on the map and further based on one or more of characteristics about a requesting vehicle and user preferences regarding characteristics of parking facilities. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , wherein storing the characteristics about the parking facility entrance in the map includes aggregating the characteristics about the parking facility entrance from a plurality of reporting vehicles. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 13 , wherein acquiring the sensor data about the parking facility entrance includes acquiring the sensor data in response to at least one of: identifying the parking facility entrance and entering the parking facility entrance. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 13 , wherein processing the sensor data into characteristics about the parking facility entrance includes extracting the characteristics about the parking facility entrance from the sensor data,
 wherein the characteristics about the parking facility entrance include at least one of: a width of the parking facility entrance, a slope of a ramp at the parking facility entrance, a presence of a bump at the parking facility entrance, and a presence of an obstacle at the parking facility entrance. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 13 , wherein providing the recommendation includes providing the recommendation in response to receiving a parking request. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 13 , wherein providing the recommendation includes providing a parking prioritization for a plurality of parking facilities based, at least in part, on unfavorable characteristics about entrances of the plurality of parking facilities.